Implementing the millennium development goals
Subtitle: health inequality and the role of global health partnerships : policy note
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9789211045956
Subjects: International cooperation; Public health; Health services accessibility
Description: This publication examines the extent of health inequalities within and between countries and analyzes ways in which global health partnerships (GHPs) - an important vehicle for international cooperation - can alleviate health inequality so as to support developing countries in achieving internationally agreed goals in health, including the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).--Publisher's description.
Notes: At head of title: Committee for Policy Development.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also freely available online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Why do health inequalities matter for achieving the internationally agreed health-related goals?; title: Conceptual considerations; title: Evidence of health inequalities; title: Determinants of health inequalities; title: The macroeconomic environment : adjustment and health inequalities; title: Global health partnerships; title: Conclusions and recommendations.